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    STUDIA MUSICA - Issue no. 1 / 2017  
         
  Article:   THE SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN MICROTONALITY AND SPRECHGESANG IN PSALM 124 BY ION COŢOFAN.

Authors:  AUREL MURARU.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbmusica.2017.1.19

Published Online: 2017-06-20
Published Print: 2017-06-30
pp. 269-277

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ABSTRACT:
“Psalm 124” by Ion Coţofan is an example of a choral work with religious text designed for a concert hall and not a liturgical service, a sample of the perfect combination between text and the music accompanying it. In the case of this work, one cannot speak of a well-defined melody, but rather of a general dramaturgy making a subtle shift from diatonicism, through chromaticism, towards ultra-chromaticism. The continuous pendulation between polyphony and heterophony, as well as the permanent oscillation between “sprechgesang” and microtonality give birth to a musical work full of tension and drama.

Keywords: polyphony, heterophony, sprechgesang, microtonality.

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